"Butter Chicken" with fried tofu - vegan
Time
Preparation time: 15 min.
Cooking or baking time: 35 min.
Total preparation time: 50 min.
This recipe for a "butter chicken"? is not a real one, of course? Butter Chicken, because it's vegetarian and vegan and is made with smoked tofu instead of chicken. It tastes really delicious. I think it is a good alternative for those who eat vegetarian food.
The dish is fast and very easy to prepare. Give it a try.
ingredients
- 1 pck. Tofu (extra-firm)
- 1 green chilli pepper (or less)
- 2 tbsp fresh ginger / or ginger powder
- 4-6 chopped garlic cloves
- 1 tomato cut into small pieces
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 3 tablespoons of garam masala
- 1 tsp dried coriander
- 1 ½ teaspoon chilli powder (to taste)
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 800 g pureed tomatoes
- 1 can of coconut milk (preferably not reduced in fat)
- 1-2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp coconut oil / coconut fat
- 1 tbsp dried fenugreek leaves / powder
- salt
preparation
- First cut the tofu into slightly thicker slices and place between paper towels to get the remaining liquid out of the tofu. The tofu should later be as dry as possible. I put the tofu slices between the 2 sheets of kitchen paper and my kitchen board on which I worked. That works fine.
- Now the sauce is prepared: The coconut fat and 1 tbsp garam masala are heated in a pan or a pot. When the fat begins to blister, add chopped garlic, ginger, chopped green chilli and chopped tomato. The whole is cooked for about 5 minutes.
- Next, stir in the remaining spices and cook for another few minutes (3-5) until well blended and smelling delicious.
- Then comes the tomato paste and the pureed tomatoes. Stir well, bring to a boil and then reduce the temperature so that it is only lightly simmering.
- Stir in the coconut milk and the brown sugar and purée the mixture with a blender until creamy and simmer for about 25 minutes until the sauce is a little boiled. Added to this are the fenugreek leaves or the powder, and the curry / sauce is salted to taste.
- During this cooking time, the tofu slices are cut into pieces and fried in a pan with oil until brown and crisp, salted and removed from the pan, leaving the oil behind.
- The tofu pieces come in the sauce and can now go through a few minutes nice, while you cook the rice.
- Served is the vegetarian "Butter Chicken"? with basmati rice or naan bread.
Tips:
Some fresh cilantro goes well with it and looks even more decorative. This time I did not have any in the house and took some chilli powder, cucumber hearts and cocktail tomatoes for garnish.
This curry is suitable for many different ingredients: Instead of tofu, you can also use chickpeas, pineapple, or fried chicken pieces. Surely you think of a lot.
Again, it applies again; the sharpness is adapted to the own taste or that of the Mitessenden.
